Sigh. I'm afraid the reaction of the whole SLF community is likely to be similar to the SLF posts above. AF now has the worst accident rate in Europe - see
Airline accident ratings - and it will take a lot more than its flight attendants wearing badges with "Securite" (Safety) written on them to improve their image...
There are two major European airlines I try to avoid as pax on safety grounds - TK and AF - and today's BEA release doesn't change my views on AF.
It looks like:
- The PF may have believed that the plane was still in some Airbus law-state which should automatically prevent a stall even if inputs are nose-up;
- An AoA indicator would have disabused him of this notion pretty quickly.